HM 263 - Haiti's Temporary Protected Status Designation

• Urges the President of the United States and Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to extend Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation for at least 18 months beyond the January 22, 2018, expiration date.

• Cites Haiti's ongoing humanitarian crises including the 2010 earthquake (with nearly 40,000 victims still in displaced persons camps), an unchecked cholera epidemic that has killed at least 10,000 and sickened over 800,000, and Hurricane Matthew (a Category 4 hurricane that killed 1,000 people in 2016).

• Notes that 58,000 Haitians with Temporary Protected Status have been residing in the United States since January 12, 2011, with strong community ties and U.S.-born children, and regularly send $1.3 billion annually in remittances to Haiti.

• States that Haiti's government cannot safely receive or assimilate the 58,000 Temporary Protected Status holders or replace their remittances, making deportations unsafe and destabilizing.

• Directs copies of the memorial be sent to the President, Senate President, House Speaker, and Florida's congressional delegation.